Did you know that there are roughly 70 additives allowed to be used in winemaking according to the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau)? This isn’t going to be some sort of muckraking exposé where I pretend to be a regular Jurgis Rudkus over here discovering the seedy underbelly of American winemaking, it’s…
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What’s the old cliché, when it rains it pours? My last work trip abroad was back in 2019 to Jerez in southern Spain, you know, Sherry country, but then Covid came and the trips dried up for six years. It may not seem like a big loss, but when one of the perks of the…
Why do things the easy way when you can do things your way? This is the unspoken driving philosophy behind Doria Wines, run by Cristina and Marco Doria. A number of you reading this had the good fortune to join us this past Friday to sample their wines, while long time readers may remember a…
There’s no accounting for taste, they say. After years of doing whatever it is I do, I’ve come to terms with the fact that sometimes I just can’t predict what people will like and what they won’t. It’s freeing really though, puts less pressure on me to nail every recommendation. One of the first earnest…
